Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-29


pointed ac9inR QaartsrmsSles sergeant |
Capt- Fife Is required 70 detail eogpor-
i and e maay men - be may deeD
aeusssary a. q eamping party; they 70
BsD0rt % Lieut Hprag1e foF orders.
Companies B, d, Z and @ win rsndsz-
Foas Is Tie armory o. CoDpanies B and
2 II Seattle, a o'aiock ,. m, On 5niy
nd. nnd proesed from there 10 The point |
feR3annted. Companies @ and II viii
proceed 10 i1s p0inf designated By the |
,hortssf prsesisahls FOuts. % % 10 ar
I'VE there a. early ~ eight O'Clock . m,
Daiy -.
he arranremsnfs for The cslsbrati0n
u shioh this order = paFt are rapi4iy
appEoachiua eempletion, and Bome
Iigus 81 preparation are visible 90 "a
,iae avenue. Tie COMMITTEES have de-
sided tbst instead Of ths two arches (of
which one was 10 be built a. the highes3
point Of Paeffs avenue, opposite Ssv-
nth street, and The other at tbs lowest
point, o. nearest tie railway station,
sccordina 10 the original programme
published Grst IN this city By the Posi-
lNTKLLIaEHcKR). one viii Be sufnsiens.
This Il nov being built midway between
he points named, ct Eleventh. street.
fhs merchants on Pacific avenue have
already began 10
Snow TTKn ooLozs
And thai soap artiss-he who letters
and aligFees upon the window pane the
words sweiesme," ETC.. hiss lsft bis
mark pretty nearly everywhere. Oniy
the slightest SYMPTOMS Of decoration.
however, ere g. yet visible and are
chiefly eon6ned 10 indoors. The deco
ration Of business houses will no doubts
be quite gsBesal.
A good lusty cry Of complaint is GO
ing up all over town with regard to the
high rates fixed by the railroad compa-
ny for excuFsionists. "If the railroad
eompany really want this 10 be q great
gucoeas," said gentleman today, "Vhy
do they mot give rates that viii allow
people 10 come? The people Of Eastern
Washington have been anticipating q
visit hsre With the VaEmess interest,
bus the railroad company have thrown
q vet blanket over the Whols thing BY
asking rates which they cannot pay and
will have to remain AZ home in oonse-
quenoe. Is 10 shame. Half the reeg-
lar rates, as aaked, 10 mueh too high fer
such an occasion a. this because 10 h
the hEst opportunity the East and West
have had for getting well acquainted
and that opportunity should not be re-
stFicted 10 It IL 10 have the effect antici-
pated. But the fact is that Eastern
Washington, which felt snoh lively in
terest Ia this event Q short time age, ID
nov disgussed, their newspapers are ex-
pressing that disgust very generally and
there is every chance for great deal Of
disappointment here on the Fourth of
July. This thing ought TO be printed, /"
said the speaker, "foF Il is an important
matteF TO all of NJ. The attention OF
the railroad company ought 10 be called
TO IL. They certainly know
TIE REKLIEa THAT Exists
In Eastern Washington and they ought
TO know, too, that We here know 10 and
that We are listening 10 their complaints
from over there. We are deeply inter-
estad here. We want the people OF
Eastern Washington TO pay as visit
and We don't want them to be deferred
from % doing because the railroad com
pany wants 20 take advantage Of the 90
elaion TO pay for the sVitchback out of
II. II is o sample Of the o. &. d N.
poliny-to make rs much money by
haaliug two as they ought TO make by
hauling feur. Fog they can make Just
as much. probably more, by charging
half the rates they have fixed and haul
ing more than double the number and
We want the four TO come instead Of
the two. say the railroad company
should be made TO know how We ell feel
about It'll speak for q dozen whom
have heard kicking about it-and for
that reason, don't want you to print
my name. No, don't do that" and the
speaker, looking mush relieved. walked
bFiekly up Pacific avenue to his place Of
business.
Scarcely had he passed thau J.F.
Hart, Of the Home Lumber Company,
joiAed the Posr-INTKLLI0KNOKR man in
q oontemplative examination Of the
triumphal arch referred 10. standing 10
fronS Of the Merchants National Bank.
Probably have quite a large time
here on the Fourth OF July," be said.
YES. no doubt" said the Posi-
man.
DO you know continued Mt. Hart,
"thAt
FKKL KIND OF ASHAMED
When think Of 9 big crowd Of people
eomlng here, Who will. no doubt, All Of
them, expect us 10 IshoW them sone-
thing OF a cityl feel ashamed when
I think OF how little We have 10 show.
We haven't anything bat q few vide
streets with perhaps the worst grades to
them shst were ever established in any
city. They will AJAX us "whsre are your
Wholesale honses2" aud We will Be 90.
able 10 answer them. They will 20
over 70 Seattle and there they will find
big buslBess houses that can all their
orders when placed. We haven't any
thing here, as say. but q BIG hotel and
some wide streets, bot they have bust.
Dess-they have snap over 10 Seattle"
and Mr.. Hart continued on his way.
Postmaster Sampson hiss been direct
Cd 10 advertise for bids for carrying the
United States mails from Tacoma to
Stuck function from tie time the new
schedule goes into effect. He
says In regard TO it that the mail train
Eill be fast one and will not stop 20
ir0p the mail at Stuck, and that there
ore Seattie's mail will be ssrried 10 this
lily and probably staged back 10 |
stuck unless the railroad oomPany
lhould bid for aud set and have q train |
saey 70 take Il back ct oRee. which is |
Tot likely.
q. B. Wright today entered into con
Fses With W. p. Sapdberg. OF the Wal
schet Bay Brick Manufacturing Com.
any, for 10000 bIiek, 10 be used in
be new Ofics building. and 10 be deliv-
red here IN Jaly.
Harry Morgan's show for the bsnens
{ the Fourth Of July fund vas 10 have
aken place ct the Opera House here
his afternoon, bat o5ly ABBOTT dozen
eople attended. and they we're given
ash their money and the show did not
Ike place.
coSTRApANp OPIUM.
David MeAoam. residing on Jefferson,
ear Twenty ngsf street this city, vac
rrestsd By eossoms effiseF Maker and
y. Deputy Marshal John Y. FuileF, yer
Irday afternoca.o a the ehaFSe Of having
his possession contraoand opium. Mr..
Iulksy had reason % be suspicious tAat
IeAdam hsd concealed In hts hOasc
8stamped opium, and thereapon sscuF-
! q seafeh warFAat fFoa the u. \. I,
aud while MeAdaua, Who
oTks IN the foandry, wAs away from
e hsms entered his house and fousd